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California
Construction Litigation Support
Consultants and forensic experts providing complex and highly technical testimony based upon many years of experience in the design and building of structures for human occupancy.
Areas of Expertise -
Construction Expert Witness and Mediator
Founder and Chief Executive of MPGroup
Michael S. Poles utilizes 55 years of diverse education, specialized training, and a lifetime of experiences in the business of design and construction of buildings.
Meet Michael Poles -
Diverse Experience
Essential to Credible Expert Witness Testimony
Personal working relationships with clients, built on communication and mutual trust to produce desirable results that often lead to successful outcomes.
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Los Angeles Construction Experts
MPGroup: Working Closely with California Lawyers
WHO WE ARE: MPGroup was created in 1962 by Michael S. Poles and is a Los Angeles county-based collaboration of architects, engineers, contractors, and other construction technical experts skilled in the design, management, and construction of all types of buildings for human occupancy.
WHAT WE DO: MPGroup provides a diversity of construction related services for businesses, government agencies, insurance companies and consumers, with our primary service sector of Construction Litigation Support, under the direction of legal counsel:
• Construction Consultants
• Construction Forensic Expert Witnesses
• Construction Mediation
Utilizing more than 56 years of experience, we have consulted and testified in a multitude of construction issues ranging from SAFETY to CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS for all types of projects including apartments, commercial, condominiums, custom homes, fire stations, hospitals, hotels, industrial, office buildings, police stations, public schools, public works, shopping centers, single-family residential, skilled nursing facilities, tenant improvement, theme parks and tract housing.
COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE: Moving forward into 2020, our seasoned team of experts continue to utilize their many years of experience in construction litigation support and courtroom testimony. We effectively educate the triers of fact in the technical aspects of the case and are committed to the highest professional and ethical standards to assist legal counsel and their clients realize positive results.
While serving both plaintiff and defense sides of the aisle, we follow the material facts. Our expert team understands the technical and legal challenges while working very closely with our clients to convey all construction-related technical aspects of their case ensuring they are fully prepared for trial.
Your concerns are heard, equitably communicated, and more importantly …
WE GET RESULTS!
For more about our areas of expertise and the types of cases with which we are experienced, scroll down to: Construction Litigation Support - Complex and Simple Litigated Issues, or click here.
Contact our office now for your initial consultation and discover how we can make all the difference for your case: (800) 684-910
MPGroup is a Veteran Owned Business Enterprise
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Experienced Support from a Dedicated Team
“Experience has demonstrated that by establishing a personal working relationship with each client, built upon communication and mutual trust can produce desirable results that often lead to a successful outcome of the case.” – Michael S. Poles
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) INFORMATION
LEGAL APPEARANCES
Pursuant to the current COVID-19 Pandemic, all appearances shall be conducted in strict accordance with all applicable Federal, State and County Health Code recommendations and appearances shall be conducted either in person when deemed safe, or TELECONFERENCING via Zoom or Skype.
SITE INSPECTIONS
All site inspections shall be treated on an individual basis and considered when and how they may be conducted in strict accordance with established guidelines and considered to be safe for all parties
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CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE MATTERS
Celebrating 56 years of hands-on construction experience
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LITIGATION SUPPORT MATTERS
40+ years working with trial lawyers in California. We understand legalese
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HIRE A VETERAN
Veterans of the United States Military bring to the business world a proven ability to deliver technical and organizational skills. MPGroup is a Veteran Owned Business Enterprise.
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CASE EVALUTATION/CONSULTATION
Call us for a no-obligation consultation and case review
Benefit from Our
56 + Years of Experience
- Hands-on experience and construction technical expertise
- Experience with many businesses, insurance, law firms, & individuals
- Specialists with California building codes and construction law
- Committed to the highest professional and ethical standards
- A highly specialized team of professionals ready to meet your goals
- Construction litigation support and mediation services for positive results
Discover how we can help you get the results you need, call
(800) 684-9100
Experience, Specialized Training, & Diverse Lifetime Experiences
Michael S. Poles, GC, CM, RCI, DABFET, ACFE
As the founding principal of MPGroup, Michael S. Poles has a wide and extensive field of capabilities within the construction industry. Utilizing 56 years of first-hand experience as a general building contractor ( California License No. 263193-B ), construction manager, and building inspector with numerous years in building code enforcement, he brings unique expertise and a complete team of professionals to assist legal counsel with the litigated case.
Furthermore, Michael is a mediator trained by the Institute for Mediation Studies and at the Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law. He has served 6 years mediating cases for the Los Angeles County Superior Court as a member of their panel of neutrals. Michael Poles currently provides private construction and premises liability mediation services, as a “non-attorney” mediator.
